1. Introduction of a new "hold" step. A new kind of dance step where you have to step on the arrow for as long as the arrow is there.
2. If you are accostomed to the american DDR konamix, you should know that another primary difference will be that the arrows go down, not up. They drop down from the top in DDR Max.
3. "MAX 300" this is the title of a 300 bpm song that you will be able to play in DDR Max. Yes, 300. That is not a typo. I ran and hid after I saw someone play this song. (and I thought konamix's Drop Out, which was 260 bpm, was fast).
4. Ever notice the dancers? I never really paid attention to them, but i guess some people will probably miss them now because they're not in the DDR Max.
5. If you've never played DDR before, this will be a good place to start, a good list of songs, and future releases of DDR will end up mimicing this one.
6. This is the American release of DDR 6th Mix.
7. You must have a dance pad, all DDR games are absolutely no fun at all without one. Two pads is even better, because it enables not just 2-player functionality, but different game modes that utilize both pads at once.
8. The average framerate in the game is about 60 fps. (don't human eyes only percieve at like 39???)
I give this game an A++.
My only gripe about this game is that there could have been more music. Yes, yes, there are about twice as many songs on DDR max as on DDR Konamix, which is alot. But this is a PS2 disk, I KNOW they could have put more songs on this game if they wanted to.
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I picked this game up for some variety after starting with DDR Max2 and DDR Extreme. While DDR Max 2 is still my all-time favorite (I own Flow, Pump It Up, Into the Groove, DDR Max 1 and 2, DDR Extreme 1 and 2), this game places second in my book.It has good variety in the difficulty levels of the songs. Some I can pass on Heavy easily after a year, and some songs I still can't pass on Standard. There are some really slow songs with a hip-hop vibe and some really fast techno ones, and songs in a whole range of styles and speeds, so whatever mood I am in, I can usually get into a good flow with this music and want to keep working out.
There is a training mode just like with DDR Max 2, where you can slow the songs down and gradually speed them up as you get better at each sequence, which is invaluable for Rhythm and Police and Exotic Ethnic, two awesome but very fast songs!
The downside to this game is that it doesn't have nonstop mode like DDR Max 2, but the game mode is structured so that you don't have to keep flipping through a ton of menus if you pass each song, so it isn't as necessary as it is with DDR Max 2.
I am grateful that DDR Max excludes the dancers as I find them distracting.
The (nearly complete) song list (I've starred my favorites!):
22 Dunk Slake
5.1.1. DJ Nagureo
Abyss dj Taka
*AM-3P kTz
*Baby Baby Gimme Your Love Divas
Brilliant 2U (Orchestra Groove) Naoki
Broken My Heart Naoki (feat. Paula Terry)
*Candy Luv Unlimited
Celebrate (Beat Mania Version) JJ Company
Cutie Chaser (Morning Mix) Club Space
Dark Black Forest (Short Trip) Steve Rhyner
Deep In You DJ Nagureo
Do It Right (Harmonized 2 Step Mix) SOTA (feat. Ebony Fay) Drop the Bomb (System S.F. Mix) Scotty D.
Dynamite Rave (Down Bird Sota Mix) Naoki
*Ecstasy D-Complex
Electro Tuned (the SubS mix) TaQ E
*Exotic Ethnic RevenG
*Gambol Slake
Gentle Stress (AMD Sensual Mix) Mr. Dog (feat. DJ Swan)
Get Me In Your Sight (AMD Cancun Mix) Symphonic Defoggers with 1479
Gradiusic Cyber (AMD G5 Mix) Big-O (feat. Taka)
Groove 2001 Sho-T (feat. Brenda)
Healing Vision De-Sire
Healing Vision (Angelic Mix) 2MB
Holic TaQ
*I Like To Move It Reel 2 Real
I'm For Real Slake
Insertion Naoki
Jam & Marmalade Final Offset
Kind Lady Okuyatos
*Let the Beat Hit Em! (Beat Mania IIDX Version) Stone Bros.
*Let the Beat Hit Em! (Classic R&B Style) Stone Bros.
*Let's Talk It Over Shin Murayama (feat. Argie Phine)
Logical Dash DJ Taka
Look To The Sky System S.F. (feat. Anna)
Look To The Sky (True Color Mix) System S.F. (feat. Anna)
Love Again Tonight (For Melissa Mix) Naoki (feat. Paula Terry)
Love This Feelin' Chang Ma
*Matsuri Japan RE-VENGE
Max 300 Omega
Midnite Blaze Jewel Style
My Generation (Fat Beat Mix) Captain Jack
My Summer Love Mitsu-O! with Geila
Never Let You Down Good-Cool (feat. JP Miles)
*Ordinary World Aurora (feat. Naimee Coleman)
*Orion.78 (Civilization Mix) 2MB
Overblast!! L.E.D.
Paranoia Evolution 200
Paranoia Max (Dirty Mix Club Another Ver.) 190
*Peace Out dj Nagureo
Remember You NM (feat. Julie)
*Rhythm and Police (K.O.G.G3 Mix) CJ Crew (feat. Christian D) Rugged Ash Symphonic Defoggers
*Sana Morette Ne Ente Togo Project (feat. Sana)
*Sand Storm Darude
Secret Rendezvous Divas
Share My Love Julie Frost
Silent Hill Thomas Howard
So In Love Caramel S.
Spin the Disc Good-Cool
*Stomp to My Beat JS-16
Synchronized Love (Red Monster Hyper Mix) Joe Rinoie
*Take It to the Morning Light (Extended Vocal) Golden Gate
The Cube DJ Suwami
The Shining Polaris L.E.D. (feat. Sana)
Trip Machine Climax De-Sire
True (Trance Sunrise Mix) Kosaka Riyu
You Leave Me Alone Venus
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DDR MAX, in the arcades, was the 6th version of the popular dance game, and contained all new songs. Almost none of those songs from the arcade version are in this version. That is disappointing.However, there's very little to be disappointed about in this game in itself. The first thing I noticed is that the PS2 engine makes the arrows scroll much more smoothly than they do in the PSone versions. Also, the FMV backgrounds are very cool, and the interface is far easier to use.
The music selection is much more varied than in the first two home versions of DDR, though I'm not ready to say it's better. Some songs are incredible, including old DDR classics like Rhythm and Police and Gentle Stress, newer classics like Healing Vision Angelic Mix, Exotic Ethnic and Max 300, and new licensed songs like Take It to the Morning Light. Some hideous songs are included too, such as Celebrate, I'm For Real, Gambol, 22 Dunk... songs that could have been replaced by the many, many DDR classics that have never been on a U.S. home release.
Many songs have creative little tricks that make them more interesting than the Konamix songs, such as more tempo changes and stops. For example, in the song "Healing Vision Angelic Mix," the arrows, scrolling very quickly, suddenly halt completely for one beat, then keep moving. Once you know where the stops are, they're quite fun to play.
The freeze arrows, where you have to hold a certain arrow for a length of time, also make the game interesting, as sometimes they force you to spin around on the pad, face away from the screen or use one leg to tap several buttons in a row.
I am slightly annoyed by the inclusion of several songs from Konamix (Matsuri Japan, Healing Vision, Era, Baby Baby Gimme Your Love, Holic, etc.), because most likely anyone who buys this game already has Konamix. Other songs are repeated (Cutie Chaser, Look to the Sky, etc.), but these are new mixes and have new steps, so that's acceptable.
If you buy this game, do not, I repeat, do not buy the pads available in stores. Order them online. If you buy soft pads, make sure they are the type that have a zippered compartment for padding on the inside...
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Maybe your not John travolta in saturday night fever, but we all like to get down and boogie-oogie-oogie every once in a while. And with DDR Max, now you can in the comfort of your very own living room. Lord knows in these days of McDonalds, its a wonderfull day indeed when you can play a video game, and lose weight. DDR Max does away with the dancing characters, and puts in a new twist, Music videos. The music has also greatly improved in this version (as opposed to Konamix) and in my opinion, the game itself is much more challenging. There are 4 modes of difficulty, Light; Standard; Heavy and the "secret" mode (I call it secret because I had no freakin' idea it was there, and found it accidently) Challenging mode, wich is flippin' hard.One of the many great things about DDR is its more like playing an instrument, than playing a video game, its not really something you get tired of all too quickly, so paying 60 bucks for the game and pad isnt really that bad, if only because the games replay value is so high.
There really isn't any better feeling than beating a super-hard-psychotic song in this game, especially when there are witnesses all around. And I think there is something to be said for the fact that this game is amazing for parties, and get-togethers. Now, granted, its not the best thing videogame wise, and every new release isn't much more than a ton of new songs, but thats all part of the fun. My only complaint with the regular dance pads is that the bunch up under feet sometimes, and that gets really annoying, but there is a platform you can buy if you don't mind sinking the 70 bucks in to get it. I eventually adjusted, but sometimes, the vinyl pads can wear-out, hasn't happened to me yet, but its something to think about.
Pros:
Good rewards for defeating songs
Lots of fun for versus
Keeps on challenging you, completing the entire game inside out should keep you busy for at least a year, if not more.
Cons:
Pads bunch up
Music gets a little old, but thats just because its music, and thats what music does.
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So you've grown bored of the PSOne Dance Dance Revolution, DDR: Disney Mix, and DDR: Konamix? Well Konami has delivered again, with its first Playstation 2 incarnation, DDRMAX! But if you've played the Japanese version, you may be surprised to find whats in store... more than 20 new exclusive songs to this version, including some rather unexpected licensed dance tracks, like "Dark Black Forest" for example.Gameplay is the same as it's always been, match up scrolling arrows with a fixed set at either the top or the bottom of the screen, the latter being a new option added to DDRMAX.
Speaking of new features, DDRMAX is crammed with them! including a special 'modifier' menu that may be accessed before playing your selected song, you may select different options, like whether the arrows ascend or descend the screen, and how fast they move (up to 8x normal speed!)
The 'edit' mode from DDR:Konamix returns, but this time you can use your edits on any song that exists in both DDRMAX and DDR: Konamix, just select a certain option in the edit menu, and voila! A DDR: Konamix-compatible edit.
Combine all that with the prospect that DDRMAX is said to contain more than 65 songs, and you have what's possibly the greatest DDR Mix published here yet!
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